Forest Hill Manor

Forest Hill Manor is located in Fort Kent, Maine, a city with a population of 4,676 people. Sporting an overall score of A+, this nursing home is undoubtedly a phenomenal facility. We also wanted to point out that this place is based in a hospital. Typically, this means that more intensive healthcare services are available. Scroll down to see this facility's category grades, which are also quite good. It is hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Our nursing score is primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This place provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is among the better totals in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We are really impressed by both of these statistics. On top of providing high levels of care, this place was also above average in several of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

This nursing home also was given a first-rate long-term care grade. This actually ended up being this nursing home's third best category grade. In that category, this facility received a grade of A. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the elite volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this facility, we also were impressed by the facility's vaccination record. For example, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.42857 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.

In the final area, we gave this nursing home an A+ for its short-term care score. This wrapped up an elite profile. In calculating our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is more often than not a fair measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 37.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.